A Brooklyn woman who persuaded the city not to take away her home for redevelopment by citing its link to the historic “Underground Railroad” may now lose the property to foreclosure, The Post has learned.
Joy Chatel owes more than $300,000 in mortgage payments to Bayview Loan Servicing for 227 Duffield St., which historians say was part of the system of tunnels and safehouses that led some slaves to freedom in the 1800s.
Chatel, whose family has lived there for more than 20 years, hopes to establish and operate an Underground Railroad museum on the site – and has the city’s blessings – after winning a long battle to ward off eminent domain.
The first of several fund-raisers to help her keep the property is to start at 7 tonight at the Rush Corridor Gallery, at 334 Grand Ave. in Clinton Hill.
Bayview Loan Servicing could not be reached for comment.